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So as some people know. Crafty Crab MC Server is doing good. Couple things.

1) You can now protect your chests. Put up a sign next to your chest with [Protection] on it and no one will be able to get into it but you. It's PA and the "Don't be a Dick" rule is in effect, but sometimes it's just safer to give people the responsibility. I'm no baby sitter.
2) EXP is currently on sale, 10 for $250 over the weekend, so you an have fun with that. It may end saturday, sunda,y or monday who knows! ;)
3) I am doing #LD23/48 this weekend and will not be reachable except via Twitter (@cloudbombgames) since Steam is like a major distraction, the will of force from the Newell is stronger than my own. (You can also follow along if you want to see my game production over the weekend, support is always nice. )

Speaking of Ludum Dare, this is what I will be doing for the first few hours I suspect... lo;

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anoffdayTo be changed whenever Anoffday gets around to it.Registered Userregular

eh, I'm hoping the $5 minimum isn't going to be a permanent new "feature" of the HIB, especially if they're going to keep repeating games like they have for the last three iterations. If they are, I'd like to see them at least change their keys from all inclusive to individual keys for each game so that dupes aren't lost to the ether.

Yeah I don't mind the $5 min. but I just realized that they're all in 1 key. I don't know if someone mentioned it and I'm dumb or what, but that's really freaking lame on their part.

Oh well. I put it all towards that land conservation charity. Glad I didn't give a humble tip when they pull shit like that.

The other caveat is that adding a high minimum will inflate the average and price out the bonuses. It's cheaper to buy Windosill on Steam than it is to beat the average.

Right. I'm hoping the 5 dollar min. was just because this game literally came out today. The humble bundle stops being humble when they force us to pay a certain price. Most people generally give more on their own when it's going to a charity. If they force a certain min. then it's only going to hurt them and the charities they're supporting.

eh, I'm hoping the $5 minimum isn't going to be a permanent new "feature" of the HIB, especially if they're going to keep repeating games like they have for the last three iterations. If they are, I'd like to see them at least change their keys from all inclusive to individual keys for each game so that dupes aren't lost to the ether.

Yeah I don't mind the $5 min. but I just realized that they're all in 1 key. I don't know if someone mentioned it and I'm dumb or what, but that's really freaking lame on their part.

Oh well. I put it all towards that land conservation charity. Glad I didn't give a humble tip when they pull shit like that.

The other caveat is that adding a high minimum will inflate the average and price out the bonuses. It's cheaper to buy Windosill on Steam than it is to beat the average.

Right. I'm hoping the 5 dollar min. was just because this game literally came out today. The humble bundle stops being humble when they force us to pay a certain price. Most people generally give more on their own when it's going to a charity. If they force a certain min. then it's only going to hurt them and the charities they're supporting.

I dunno about that, the average price paid for every previous bundle hovers around the $5 mark

You can argue that this might eliminate some sub-$5 purchases from previous bundles, but I really don't think it'll get people to spend less

Actually I'm really interested in seeing how this turns out, because while it's still very early on, the average price at the moment is higher than any previous bundle to date

EDIT: Also holy crap, that "Acres Preserved" ticker is kind of incredible

Has anyone played MacGuffin's Curse? I just noticed the sale and it looked interesting. Granted it's only $4 right now so it's not the biggest hit to my wallet if it turns out bad, but if anyone had any experience with it that'd be cool.

I am enjoying this Sniper Elite V2 demo a whole heck of a lot I tell you what what.

It's pretty...... jaw-some

Now see, that's pretty cool, and what I wanted Sniper Elite 1 to be, but from what I heard it starts ignoring its title and supposed premise and expecting you to run around like Rambo like every other generic military manshoot really fast. Is this still the case with 2?

Has anyone played MacGuffin's Curse? I just noticed the sale and it looked interesting. Granted it's only $4 right now so it's not the biggest hit to my wallet if it turns out bad, but if anyone had any experience with it that'd be cool.

Now see, that's pretty cool, and what I wanted Sniper Elite 1 to be, but from what I heard it starts ignoring its title and supposed premise and expecting you to run around like Rambo like every other generic military manshoot really fast. Is this still the case with 2?

Can't say for sure but I hope to god that isn't the case. Sniper Elite was great for the first few missions but then it turned Rambo as you say. So much so that I didn't have the desire to finish it.

eh, I'm hoping the $5 minimum isn't going to be a permanent new "feature" of the HIB, especially if they're going to keep repeating games like they have for the last three iterations. If they are, I'd like to see them at least change their keys from all inclusive to individual keys for each game so that dupes aren't lost to the ether.

Yeah I don't mind the $5 min. but I just realized that they're all in 1 key. I don't know if someone mentioned it and I'm dumb or what, but that's really freaking lame on their part.

Oh well. I put it all towards that land conservation charity. Glad I didn't give a humble tip when they pull shit like that.

The other caveat is that adding a high minimum will inflate the average and price out the bonuses. It's cheaper to buy Windosill on Steam than it is to beat the average.

Right. I'm hoping the 5 dollar min. was just because this game literally came out today. The humble bundle stops being humble when they force us to pay a certain price. Most people generally give more on their own when it's going to a charity. If they force a certain min. then it's only going to hurt them and the charities they're supporting.

I dunno about that, the average price paid for every previous bundle hovers around the $5 mark

You can argue that this might eliminate some sub-$5 purchases from previous bundles, but I really don't think it'll get people to spend less

Actually I'm really interested in seeing how this turns out, because while it's still very early on, the average price at the moment is higher than any previous bundle to date

EDIT: Also holy crap, that "Acres Preserved" ticker is kind of incredible

The last two were closer to $6.50 than $5, and that's with repeat titles (though a new platform). Previous non-mobile bundles closed out between $5-7 average, though the first closed much higher. This one is already at $8.70, and the average always tends to go up in HIB's.

A better example to compare against would be the dev specific bundles since that's basically what this is. Those never close higher than $5, yet this one is almost $4 more expensive for essentially one new game.

The problem with GOG's remarks aren't that they are not true but that they are pretty hypocritical. He said those things the same weekend Crusaders of Might and Magic was on sale. That is their absolute worst game going by users reviews (and actual reviews probably too). GOG is just as guilty of the sins they accuse Steam of.

And I love them both for it.

I love them both too. I just wish gog would stop trying to become a steam alternative for people. They serve completely different gaming needs. I know gog is starting to get newer games, which is fine, but I seriously hope they don't move towards all new games because not only will steam crush them but I still won't have carmageddon, worms world party, jazz jackrabbit, the list goes on...

I'm surprised at how much I dislike this new direction that GOG is taking. I know they've said that they will still release old games, but I'm not sure I believe them. It's obvious that they're going for new games and I suspect that the old games will be phased out over time. Taking potshots at Steam (and GamersGate and Greenman) is just so cheap, imo, especially when they run sales of their own pretty much every week.

I guess I'm just bitter that we never got System Shock 2, SubWar 2050, and a bunch of other titles.

Sorry for bumping this, btw, but I've been busy and thread's too fast.

Ok, so Sniper Elite V2. First of all, awesome. Second of all I don't understand the sweet kill cams and how to activate them. It seems random. Sometimes I get the sniper bullet thing and it goes through their head. Sometimes I get the same thing only skeleton view. And then sometimes just nothing. Always headshots. I think it has something to do with emptying your lungs and that red diamond thing, but I'm not sure. About the only thing I'm kind of sure about is it has to be a headshot. But actually maybe not even that, since in the description it talks about seeing breaking rips and puncturing lungs. So I'm pretty lost. When you do get the kill cam skeleton thing it's pretty awesome. Or jaw-awesome, but in my case I managed to shoot him through his eye. Yes. His eye. This might be my first ever pre-order on steam.

Also, how do you go about this level? I shoot the first guy you see who's leaning against the wall and then everyone knows where I'm at. What's the approach? I haven't even got close to beating the demo.

Warband is a terrible, terrible time vampire that will latch onto your free times throat and never let it go. That is to say, it's a fucking awesome game and I need to play more of it. Also the best multiplayer ever.

Now see, that's pretty cool, and what I wanted Sniper Elite 1 to be, but from what I heard it starts ignoring its title and supposed premise and expecting you to run around like Rambo like every other generic military manshoot really fast. Is this still the case with 2?

Can't say for sure but I hope to god that isn't the case. Sniper Elite was great for the first few missions but then it turned Rambo as you say. So much so that I didn't have the desire to finish it.

Yeah, that really sucked when it turned into generic WWII 3rd-person shooter. I think the devs just ran out of time to properly develop some larger stages and just went "oh shit, throw in some run-and-gun stuff, that's a lot easier."

Now see, that's pretty cool, and what I wanted Sniper Elite 1 to be, but from what I heard it starts ignoring its title and supposed premise and expecting you to run around like Rambo like every other generic military manshoot really fast. Is this still the case with 2?

Can't say for sure but I hope to god that isn't the case. Sniper Elite was great for the first few missions but then it turned Rambo as you say. So much so that I didn't have the desire to finish it.

Yeah, that really sucked when it turned into generic WWII 3rd-person shooter. I think the devs just ran out of time to properly develop some larger stages and just went "oh shit, throw in some run-and-gun stuff, that's a lot easier."

I thought Sniper Elite was generic modern-day (first-person?) shooter, and the new one was the changeover to the WW2 setting.

Now see, that's pretty cool, and what I wanted Sniper Elite 1 to be, but from what I heard it starts ignoring its title and supposed premise and expecting you to run around like Rambo like every other generic military manshoot really fast. Is this still the case with 2?

Can't say for sure but I hope to god that isn't the case. Sniper Elite was great for the first few missions but then it turned Rambo as you say. So much so that I didn't have the desire to finish it.

Yeah, that really sucked when it turned into generic WWII 3rd-person shooter. I think the devs just ran out of time to properly develop some larger stages and just went "oh shit, throw in some run-and-gun stuff, that's a lot easier."

I thought Sniper Elite was generic modern-day (first-person?) shooter, and the new one was the changeover to the WW2 setting.

I think you're thinking of Sniper: Ghost Warrior, which is by all accounts pretty terrible.

People keep saying the first turned into Rambo, but could any of them be confusing it with Ghost Warrior?